Where does “невели́кий” come from?

невели́кий (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian не-, from Ukrainian з-, from Ukrainian леті́ти, from Old East Slavic летѣти, from Proto-Slavic letěti, from Proto-Indo-European lēk- — string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...

невели́кий (Ukrainian): small, little, not very big, not very large

Definitions

  1. small, little, not very big, not very large

Ancestry of “невели́кий”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianне-not; un-
2Ukrainianз-attached to imperfective verbs to form the perfective aspect
3Ukrainianлеті́тиto fly
4Old East Slavicлетѣти—
5Proto-Slavicletětito fly
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlēk-string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...

Words derived from “невели́кий”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lēk- →Every word from Ukrainian не- →Every word from Proto-Slavic letěti →
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